tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.comments2024-03-18T20:09:21.858-04:00Freemasons For DummiesChristopher Hodapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comBlogger11972125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-44010356196540682242024-03-18T17:06:45.722-04:002024-03-18T17:06:45.722-04:00That's what comes of pretending to be 'cle...That's what comes of pretending to be 'clever' at 3AM. I get off by 3 scores...Christopher Hodapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201859873755654395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-37693243885469450772024-03-18T15:12:17.335-04:002024-03-18T15:12:17.335-04:00Sssshhhh.... :DSssshhhh.... :DGrant K. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567240874806613880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-6654066357411662722024-03-18T11:04:09.497-04:002024-03-18T11:04:09.497-04:00Florida does not have to get involved in the affai...Florida does not have to get involved in the affairs of Paraguay and the sovereign and independent powers that have had their recognition removed are not affected either since Florida does not decide who is regular in the world.<br /><br />David CookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-61505209759628528262024-03-18T11:02:09.994-04:002024-03-18T11:02:09.994-04:00Florida is completely wrong because MW Bro Aladro&...Florida is completely wrong because MW Bro Aladro's agenda and whim make them blind to reality. The Supreme Council controls the "Centenary" Grand Lodge of Paraguay and does what they want, puts in Grand Masters and removes them and it makes no sense. A few years ago I visited the Grand Symbolic Lodge of Paraguay led by MW Bro Fernández Sacur and I have been able to verify their independence, sovereignty and Masonic quality and that is why the world recognizes them and not the other one, which is an appendix of the Supreme Council instead of the other way aroundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-1947832195817248642024-03-18T09:13:51.249-04:002024-03-18T09:13:51.249-04:00Don’t you mean 1 score and 5 years?Don’t you mean 1 score and 5 years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-90714977208853566832024-03-18T08:12:01.709-04:002024-03-18T08:12:01.709-04:00I always enjoy the Masonic prose of Brother Chris....I always enjoy the Masonic prose of Brother Chris. I hope to attend your 50th!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-38967864926922281762024-03-18T00:11:34.804-04:002024-03-18T00:11:34.804-04:00Great story. You should write a book.Great story. You should write a book.Jayhttps://themagpiemason.blogspot.com/?m=0noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-6860866468501975362024-03-17T22:39:49.181-04:002024-03-17T22:39:49.181-04:00What a wonderful article. Thanks for sharing your ...What a wonderful article. Thanks for sharing your experiences and some of the lessons you've learned along the way.Grant K. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567240874806613880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-50412705707009710632024-03-17T18:26:33.910-04:002024-03-17T18:26:33.910-04:00Hear, hear.Hear, hear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-11988631259735403842024-03-17T16:08:22.734-04:002024-03-17T16:08:22.734-04:00Very interesting post and topic, and definitely su...Very interesting post and topic, and definitely surprised with the Shaq information. Who would have guessed it by just seeing his performances on tv and the way he talks :pTiling Contractorshttps://sunderlandtilers.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-21960733292961221302024-03-15T20:24:29.051-04:002024-03-15T20:24:29.051-04:00Maybe because as a sweetheart, you were a "po...Maybe because as a sweetheart, you were a "popular" girl. I can attest to both positive and negative experiences with Job's. I was bullied in that I was overweight and not "pretty" or "popular". However, I was elected to the line and became Honored Queen and Grand Bethel Representative, learned a whole lot about myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-68467637379622020612024-03-14T09:11:33.151-04:002024-03-14T09:11:33.151-04:00I’m really grateful for all this journey about the...I’m really grateful for all this journey about the NJS past commander that have served me to better understand what it means the true patience, power of words and even more the importance of silence. <br />As a person who’s about to be initiated I’ve enjoyed all of your post and now in your hard to chew moment, I’m being instructed by your humility and wisdom. Thank you very much and my sincere respect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-5204920412760891412024-03-13T15:45:09.446-04:002024-03-13T15:45:09.446-04:00Chris, I have always respected the frank and unvar...Chris, I have always respected the frank and unvarnished information and opinions you put forth here, and this posting follows suit.<br /><br />That said, I really have to wonder who to believe in this. Sure we have heard "both sides" and at least one side is not telling the truth, but how do we KNOW which side that is? Do we believe the SC just because they are the SC, or because their are more of them, or because they hired an "independent" investigation? Are we naive enough to believe that "independent" investigators always act independently and do not come to the conclusions that those who hired them want? I honestly don't know who to trust. <br /><br />Perhaps you have some additional "inside" information you are not able to share if you were, I am confident that you would have done so). Like you, I know some Active Members. I count one of them as a friend and I trust his judgement, which makes me lean more toward the SC's side. BUT, I don't think he is infallible either, and it is possible that one or more dishonest members of the SC have duped other members with sham evidence. Does that sound far fetched -- I would have said the same about American politics prior to a few years ago, and yet...<br /><br />Any way I look a it, it's a mess and I'm not sure I want anything to do with the Scottish Rite any longer. But then again, like the rest of the Fraternity, it is made up of humans, and only one of those as ever been perfect. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-61894275156194665372024-03-13T14:52:04.851-04:002024-03-13T14:52:04.851-04:00Brother Chris, you passed along what info was avai...Brother Chris, you passed along what info was available and, IMHO, in not such a biased manner as you may suppose. The questions legitimately raised were not (and, to some degree, still have not been) addressed until this last from the NMJ. The entire matter stood to be much worse if left entirely to unfettered speculation, and (with reference to your criticizing yourself about impatience) your coverage helped to mitigate that. I rather doubt that we'll be privy to much more on the issue; so a degree of speculation will likely remain.Bill Achbach, Westminster, COhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577523506961332468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-14286768826019612502024-03-13T10:49:07.138-04:002024-03-13T10:49:07.138-04:00Thank you for all you do!!! Hindsight is always 2...Thank you for all you do!!! Hindsight is always 20/20. Please don't beat yourself up and I continue to applaud you for keeping us all properly infirmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-46317255047073637472024-03-13T04:24:06.057-04:002024-03-13T04:24:06.057-04:00"The point that the council members failed in..."The point that the council members failed in their resoisibilities and should step aside, They have lost credibility. Bro. Paul Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435030965629467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-22189186331194654682024-03-12T11:47:39.586-04:002024-03-12T11:47:39.586-04:00I am watching you and saw that you are wearing a f...I am watching you and saw that you are wearing a freemason ring, I am a 32 degree schottish rite freemason and a shriner Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-15048368176288050292024-03-12T00:03:43.062-04:002024-03-12T00:03:43.062-04:00It certainly "seems" the expulsion was t...It certainly "seems" the expulsion was the correct decision, but an institution that reports to both the IRS and the State of Massachusetts probably owes a better explanation than they one they've given. <br /><br />The 990s are public information. Were the 990s incorrect? If so, who engaged in tampering? If not, how was the Supreme Council so asleep at the wheel that they didn't notice the malfeasance for years?<br /><br />Frankly, if anything this said to me that more members of the Supreme Council need to resign/open themselves up to greater accountability.<br /><br />Here are some suggestions to actual avoid this sort of thing in the future:<br /><br />1) The letter mentions a whistleblower policy. Where is that policy publicly available? How would future whistleblowers know to whom the whistle should be blown to?<br />2) Where are past budgets that members can access? <br />3) What mechanisms will be put in place to avoid this sort of issue in the future?<br /><br />The Supreme Council seems to have taken some important first steps in cleaning things up. And they should be commended for that. But, as someone who has worked in a number of non-profits over the years, including finance committees, if those at the top don't put in future safeguards, this will absolutely happen again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-21484023367397502532024-03-11T18:23:58.553-04:002024-03-11T18:23:58.553-04:00Bro Chris,
Don’t be too hard on yourself. We stil...Bro Chris,<br />Don’t be too hard on yourself. We still don’t know all of the facts. Knowing Glantly and his accusers, I’ll take Dave Jerry Hamiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-80579010116955069802024-03-11T18:21:36.609-04:002024-03-11T18:21:36.609-04:00Sorry, my Google account doesn't let me sign m...Sorry, my Google account doesn't let me sign my name per se, (security, I guess), but I am Steve Gatton, PM of an OH Lodge, currently a member of an OR Lodge, and the organist at the Portland Valley Scottish Rite. Our restored Wurlitzer in our auditorium at the Rite is a treasure, and I try to do it credit during our SR portrayals. It would be nice ro see more musicians, keyboard and otherwise, get involved with the Lodges and other bodies. I even spent a few terms as GL Organist (now called Musician, no organs to use), which was a real trip. The CD and recorded stuff doesn't come up to what live music can add to the meetings and ceremonies. Thanks for posting this. And, yes, even brass instruments can be a part (KS's trumpet!), so definitely not limited to keyboards! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-7032979052112137422024-03-11T16:25:25.404-04:002024-03-11T16:25:25.404-04:00Bro. Chris, Thank you for having the intestinal fo...Bro. Chris, Thank you for having the intestinal fortitude to set the record straight. JK March, PMWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611905091461828509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-28366617175272203862024-03-11T15:11:04.886-04:002024-03-11T15:11:04.886-04:00“So may the Light of Truth illumine our world.”
-...“So may the Light of Truth illumine our world.”<br /> - Feast of the Paschal LambJayhttps://themagpiemason.blogspot.com/?m=0noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-38998065009143899062024-03-11T14:42:06.633-04:002024-03-11T14:42:06.633-04:00Brother, you continue to be an excellent source of...Brother, you continue to be an excellent source of Masonic light. Thank you for all you do and for being an upright Mason.Grant K. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567240874806613880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-33993689006069496482024-03-11T14:40:42.467-04:002024-03-11T14:40:42.467-04:00As a life member for many years of the jurisdictio...As a life member for many years of the jurisdiction, one thing I find hard to understand is how the problems could go on for so long. They seem to have been on a large scale and for years.Bro. Paul Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435030965629467739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25683662.post-72816836608084162392024-03-11T14:18:06.133-04:002024-03-11T14:18:06.133-04:00If this is all totally true, then the charges and ...If this is all totally true, then the charges and actions were taken in the wrong venue. Conduct unbecoming of a Freemason, under which these charges would certainly fall (save maybe the balloting issue, being specific to the AASR), should have been presented in Bro. Glattly's Blue Lodge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com